by Sfapickleball | Aug 26, 2023 | All-Access, Anna Bright, Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, Championship Sunday, Dylan Frazier, Finals, gold, gold medal, Jessie Irvine, JW Johnson, Kansas City open, Kansas City Open 2023, Matt Wright, Meghan Dizon, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Riley Newman, Tournament, Tournaments, Tyson McGuffin, vulcan
Career PPA titles coming into Sunday: Johns 96, Waters 74. We have similar storylines in the men’s and women’s singles. === MEN’S SINGLES === The two winningest men’s singles players continue their rivalry. Ben Johns is the all-time men’s leader in Triple Crowns (17),...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 25, 2023 | Anna Leigh Waters, Ben Johns, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, finalists, Finals, Kansas City Open 2023, Lauren Stratman, News, pickleball, pickleball 2023, Players, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Singles, Tournament, Tournaments, Tyson McGuffin
Just in case you were wondering, Lauren Stratman is not at her most-comfortable playing singles. “Definitely not,” she admitted. “I’m way more comfortable playing doubles, but more recently, I’ve gotten more comfortable in singles.” Well, looks like she’s easing into...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 20, 2023 | Catherine Parenteau, Championship, championship saturday, double triple, Finals, history made, James Ignatowich, mcguffin, News, parenteau, pickleball, pickleball 2023, Players, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, TOC, Tournament, Tournament of Champions 2023, Tournaments, triple crown, Tyson McGuffin, vulcan
Parenteau, McGuffin go triple gold Until Saturday, Ben Johns was the only male to win a triple crown. Until Saturday, Catherine Parenteau had only won a single triple crown. And then Saturday happened. Tyson McGuffin went gold three times and Parenteau did the same,...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 19, 2023 | AJ Koller, Catherine Parenteau, Championship, championship saturday, Finals, gold medal match, pickleball, pickleball 2023, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Riley Newman, Tournament, tournament of champions, Tournament of Champions 2023, Tournaments, Tyson McGuffin, vulcan toc
It’s Championship Saturday at the Tournament of Champions in Utah and there’s a bit of a throw-back feel to heading into today’s schedule of matches. Not exactly, “Old School,” but certainly not what we’re used to seeing. At least not lately. There’s no Anna Leigh...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 19, 2023 | AJ Koller, Allyce Jones, Callie Smith, Catherine Parenteau, championship saturday, Connor Garnett, Finals, gold medal matches, James Ignatowich, Parris Todd, Patrick Smith, pickleball, PPA, ppa 2023, ppa tour, ppa tour 2023, Riley Newman, stats preview, Tournament, tournament of champions, Tournament of Champions 2023, Tournaments, Tyson McGuffin, vulcan toc
Elevation (4,436 ft), may be a factor, both for conditioning, and the ball flying faster. A new combo for “Double Triple?” Tyson McGuffin is trying to become the first male player other than Ben Johns to win a Triple Crown. Catherine Parenteau is trying to earn...
by Sfapickleball | Aug 18, 2023 | Allyce Jones, Anna Bright, Callie Smith, Catherine Parenteau, couples, Featured Player, James Ignatowich, Julian Arnold, Just for Fun, Lauren Stratman, Leigh Waters, love on the ppa tour, Lucy Kovalova, Matt Wright, national couples day, pickleball, pickleball couples, pickleball partners, PPA, ppa tour, ppa tour couples, Thomas Wilson, Tournament, Tyson McGuffin, Yana Grechkina
It’s National Couples Day, and there are so many great stories on the PPA Tour. so why not check in on with some of the players who “Couple Up” and compete together Anna Bright & James Ignatowich Anna: James and I coincidentally started playing pickleball on the...
